October 4, 2019

How communities lost their soul In a globalised world 'place' matters more than ever — yet most people feel they have no control over their towns

Nicholas Boys Smith

03.10

The war on social mobility Meritocracy might not be working, but that doesn't mean we should junk the system.

James Kirkup

03.10

Should we trust AI to hire and fire? Algorithms are just as biased as the humans who create them

Tom Chivers

02.10

Brexit is going to drive us all mad Political division is putting ever greater pressure on people's mental health — and not for the first time

Ed West

01.10

Our politics of impossible promises Politicians should confine themselves to the realm of the possible – rather than painting a picture of utopia.

Polly Mackenzie

30.09

Five ways the Tories could lose the election Boris Johnson needs to understand what went wrong for Theresa May in 2017

Peter Franklin

30.09

Social mobility won’t bring social justice The assumption that everyone is born with equal abilities makes it harder to help the less advantaged

Mary Harrington

27.09

Whatever happened to ‘publish and be damned’? The cancelling of James Flynn's book is another sign that much of the industry has stopped being a place for the free exchange of ideas

Douglas Murray

27.09

Imagine David Cameron had won his referendum If Remain had won, would Leavers really have left the political stage?

Peter Franklin

27.09

Corbyn’s Labour resounds with loathing This year's conference in Brighton revealed a monomaniacal party removed from reality and completely in denial

Tanya Gold

26.09

A vision of Britain’s polarised future A Briton in the US explains why we can expect partisanship to get far, far worse

Daniel Kalder

25.09

Why climate change isn’t the end of the world Extinction Rebellion's claim that 'billions' will be killed by it undermines the science — and is ridiculous

Tom Chivers